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Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...adapted extract from the Open University course DD311 Crime, harm and the state Content warning Study in the social sciences – and criminology in particular – inevitably touches on sensitive and emotive topics that may be difficult and upsetting. This course explores harms against nonhuman animals that you may find difficult to work with, including images of nonhuman...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...adapted from Cetinkaya et al., 2011, p. 126) Activity 5: Identifying best practice in stakeholder relationships Timing: 30 minutes Having reviewed the above analysis, you should now put these ideas into practice. Watch the following videos from Whitbread PLC and Technology Will Save Us (TWSU). Make notes of where you feel that Brodie or Henry are discussing points that...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...adapted extract from the Open University course K219 Critical issues in health and wellbeing...Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: outline to what extent a person’s ‘lifestyle’ impacts upon their health and wellbeing describe how psychosocial (i.e. social, economic, cultural and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...adapted extract from the Open University course : SDK228 The science of the mind: investigating mental health...From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise definitions and applications of key terms relating to mental health understand and apply basic grammatical terminology describe...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Life in the Palaeozoic
Nature & Environment

Life in the Palaeozoic

...adaptations for preying on other animals, and were able to pursue food much more actively than could the Ediacaran fauna - such as by scuttling over the sea floor, swimming actively, and burrowing. Note that all forms of life (except possibly a few algae) were as yet confined to the sea. Although many types of the small shelly fossils disappear from the fossil record soon...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...helps you understand what we mean by a successful IT system. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course TM353 IT systems: planning for success...Successful IT systems: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the nature of success and failure in IT systems understand what makes an IT system successful understand the sociotechnical nature of IT ......
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...adapted from Pecher et al., 2002 The effects are best appreciated by looking first at the final two columns of figures, showing the results when the first word was displayed for 1 second. For the condition where only 10 per cent of targets were related to the preceding word, 70 per cent of those targets were correctly identified when there was a relationship. The hit rate...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...adapted extract from the Open University course B875 MBA project: leaders of change...Using data to aid organisational change: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify a focus area for organisational change and design research questions to support this change collect evidence to underpin the change rationale identified evaluate...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs